Saw-set.



W. M. POTTER,

SAW SET.

APPLICATION FILEI) DO.28, 1901 Patented. Sp. 15, 2908..

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' saw-SET.

- Specification'of LettersPatent.

4, Application'filed December 28,1901. Serial Ko. 87.570.

To all 'ibhom' it meyoncem:

-' Be itkn that I, WI'L'LIAM M. PoTrER,

' of Syracu'se, in .the 'county of. Onondaga, in

lthe State. of,'.New York,` have invented new ,and useful Improvements in Saw-Sets, of 'which.the f ollowi ng, taken in connection with thel accom'panyingf drawing, is a' full, clear, and exact description.

v'My invention relates to improvements saw-sets and hasfor its object tosimplify the construction anddiminish the cost. w

It relates particularly to forniing .the anvil with an' operative surface of uniformwidth and inclination, and supporting it eccentrically in the head so that, as it is rotated, the portion of the inclinedsurface adapted to .en-

gag'e with the saw teeth is at a greater or less I istance from the arms. of the' head which fix the position of the saw during settin My i 1'1ve ntion will be understoody reference to the drlawng herewith, in which the reference n11' 'erals ofthe specifi'cation indicatenthe corresponding parts in all the figures.

z; Figure I shows my saW-set'in longitudinalv section;l Fig. II isa front elevation substan- 'I tially of full size. i Fig. III is a rear elevation of theanvil. Fig.;IV`,is a 'side velevationof the anvil, its shank, nut/and split washer.

which is journaled at 2 the lever 3 having the..

;curved lug 4 to engage with the plunger 5 .In the figures 1 indicates the main stock to fitted to the stock and held back b 'a spring 6 bearing .against itsl integral "co ar -7; the

` plunger has inclined tiA 8 toenglage with the teethand force .or set t em against the operative surface 15 of the anvil 14;`E 11 are integral arms on the stock curved outwardly to receive the saw and uniting in the head 12-in which is eccentrically journaled, on', its pin 13, the anvil 14`having its rear edge 15 uniforrhly beveled. lThe anvil is retained in position by a split washer 16 and knurled nut 17, carryingthef-poin'ter 18, which maybe set 'to point to the desirednumber on the dial face 19 corresponding to thefni'imbe of teeth lto the. inch in the saw; When the parts have -been assembled by turning 'the nut up lthev f proper distance on the thread of pin 13', the' end 'of said pin is upset against the nut, unit ing them firmly. To the lower extension on the stock is fitted' the set screw 22.

The numerals on the dial correspond re-.- spectively to the number of teeth Vto the -lnch in saws of various sizes, so that the tool may be used for setting saws of a large range, as

.here indcated, from thelafger size having four teeth to the inch, to the Ysmaller size hav- Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

ing' 16. The tool is instantly adjustable for the particular saw in quest'ion, by turning the anvil into correct position.l

The anvil of my peculiar construction and' arrangement is uickly :and easily cut and is maintained yin osition Without complicated Springs or lociing device.`

In operation the anvilis rotated until the .pointer indicates the number. on'the dial cor- 'responding to 'the-number of teeth to the ino in the saw to be set. The saw is then placed in the usual mannerfits side fiat against the plainsurface of'the'anvil air/d its teeth in contact VWith the inner or lower'edges ofthe arms 11, the set screw is then turned upto eng'age With the saw amlmaintain it in this position. Th'e alternate teeth lare then' thenut till the pointer points to 'the nnmber lndicatlng the size of-,said'sfam `that is, the number of its teeth'totthe inhi, which brings set by being forced against theoperative sura face by means of the inclined tip of the plun-d ger. Half being set in this way, the saw is reversed and the other alternate teeth are set in the opposite-direction. As shown in Fig. I, 'the anvil is arranged for the smallest teeth,V only a small portion of the plunger ti p engag- -zing with themto force them against the inclined surface, the object being to set the' teeth by bending them substantially'at their bases. VWhen a saw having'longer teeth is to be set,.the anvil is rotated increasing the distance between its inclined surface and the arms to correspond to the len th of the teeth, which are thenset or bent by engagement therewith of a greater portion of the plungerv tip-the oints of the teeth extending more or less a ove the anvil and out lof contact with its inclinedzsurface whichis not, objectionablev Having thus described my invention what I .claim asnew and'desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a'saw-set, a rotary eccentrically pivoted,

anvil vprovided with a concentric e'veled anvil-face incombinationywitha settin Ld- 

